Ester - A Tribute To Ester Rolle
...I AM AWAKE, LATE, ON A PARTICULAR NIGHT...AND I FIND MYSELF STROLLING THROUGH FOOTAGE OF 70's SITCOMS...
I WELCOMINGLY COME ACROSS AN ICON!
DEAR MS. ESTER~
YOUR IMPACT, ESSENCE OF YOUR EARTH...
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Categories:
head of household, angel, appreciation, celebration, celebrity,
Form: Free verse
Indignation 1-6-21
...How dare you desecrate the Capitol with urine and feces!
Even filthy pigs refuse to defecate near their own dwelling place.
How dare you flaunt confederate flags, grim reminders of our bloody histo...
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Categories:
head of household, anger, discrimination, emotions, hurt,
Form: Free verse
Father
...A man who raises his children
Biological or not
Caring and concerned for their welfare
Doting and dependable of their every move
Each and every day he works so hard
For his family, making sure t...
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Categories:
head of household, father,
Form: Abecedarian
Forgiveness
...Justly fallen, infinity seventy,
Written woes, failures fallen prey
Responsibility introduces itself to "Forgiveness", an immediate family tree connection, all held accountable beyond agony of cha...
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Categories:
head of household, forgiveness,
Form: Sonnet
The Munsters
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Complexity of their makeup would have caused more fright.
It’s too bad all the episodes were in black and white.
In the mid-sixties on television we would see,
this strange group that was no...
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Categories:
head of household, nostalgia, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
True Love Here and Beyond Measure
...Within this Life..
Hearts we cross
Moments are given
Blessings while Liven
Don't let them be tossed
Promises & Blessings
Within this Life
and beyond Eternity
God wants to give
All Plenty.....
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Categories:
head of household, inspirational, life, love,
Form: I do not know?
Unfortunate Tessie
...A Saturday morning in June on a sunny day,
three hundred villagers were in the town square today.
For two hours, all the children, each man and his wife,
made a choice amongst themselves to sacrif...
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Categories:
head of household, adventure, fantasywife,
Form: Rhyme
The Kitchen Chair
...The Kitchen Chair
I am a chair and speak for once I shall
quiet no more of my life I’ve seen.
This gift to speak, given to me only this day,
I will my life’s import to reveal
and my secr...
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Categories:
head of household, family
Form: Light Verse
Coy
...I was raised to be a man’s woman.
I was taught to cook and sew.
I was taught to be submissive.
I was shown a picture of my father
and told he was the head of household.
I was shown a picture of ...
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Categories:
head of household, angst, confusion, introspection,
Form: Free verse